Czechoslovakia national football team

Czechoslovakia

Association	Československý fotbalový svaz/Československý futbalový zväz
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Zdeněk Nehoda (90)
Top scorer	Antonín Puč (34)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	TCH
Highest Elo ranking	1 (May 24, 1924)
Lowest Elo ranking	29 (August 1985)
Home colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Yugoslavia (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Last International  Belgium 0 - 0 Czechoslovakia (Brussels, Belgium; 17 November 1993)
Biggest win
Czechoslovakia 8 - 0 Thailand  (Mexico City, Mexico; 18 October 1968)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 8 - 3 Czechoslovakia (Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1934 and 1962
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1960)
Best result	Winners, 1976

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold	1980 Moscow	Team
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Team

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RCS). The subsequent Czech Republic national football team and Slovakia national football team are both recognised by FIFA and UEFA as successors of the Czechoslovakia team^{[citation needed]}.

The Czechoslovakia team was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association. The team had two runner-up finishes in World Cups (1934, 1962) and a European Championship win in 1976. Czechoslovakia qualified for the final stages of the 1990 World Cup and shortly afterwards their national coach Jozef Venglos moved to England to become Aston Villa manager.

FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Final	2	4	3	0	1	9	6
1938	Quarter-Finals	5	3	1	1	1	5	3
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Round 1	14	2	0	0	2	0	7
1958	Round 1	9	4	1	1	2	9	6
1962	Final	2	6	3	1	2	7	7
1966	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Round 1	15	3	0	0	3	2	7
1974	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Round 1	19	3	0	2	1	2	4
1986	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Quarter-Finals	6	5	3	0	2	10	5
1994	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	8/15	2 Finals	30	11	5	14	44	45

European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Third place	2	1	0	1	2	3
1964	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Champions	2	1	1	0	5	3
1980	Third place	4	1	2	1	5	4
1984	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/9	8	3	3	2	12	10

Player records

Most capped players

#	Player	Czechoslovakia career	Caps	Goals
1.	Zdeněk Nehoda	1971–1987	90	31
2.	Marián Masný	1974–1982	75	18
	Ladislav Novák	1952–1966	75	1
4.	František Plánička	1926–1938	73	0
5.	Karol Dobiaš	1967–1980	67	6
6.	Josef Masopust	1954–1966	63	10
	Ivo Viktor	1966–1977	63	0
8.	Ján Popluhár	1958–1967	62	1
9.	Antonín Puč	1926–1938	60	34
10.	Antonín Panenka	1973–1982	59	17
11.	Jan Fiala	1977–1987	58	1
	Anton Ondruš	1974–1980	58	9
13.	Ladislav Jurkemik	1974–1983	57	3
14.	Svatopluk Pluskal	1952–1965	56	1
15.	Jaroslav Burgr	1929–1938	55	0
	Koloman Gögh	1974–1980	55	1
	Ivan Hašek	1984–1993	55	5
	Ján Kozák	1976–1984	55	9
	Ladislav Vízek	1977–1986	55	13
20.	Jozef Barmoš	1977–1982	52	0
	Jozef Chovanec	1984–1992	52	4

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Czechoslovakia career	Goals	Caps
1.	Antonín Puč	1926–1938	34	60
2.	Zdeněk Nehoda	1971–1987	31	90
3.	Oldřich Nejedlý	1931–1938	28	43
	Josef Silný	1925–1934	28	50
5.	Adolf Scherer	1958–1964	22	36
	František Svoboda	1927–1937	22	43
7.	Marián Masný	1974–1982	18	75
8.	Antonín Panenka	1973–1982	17	59
9.	Jozef Adamec	1960–1971	14	44
	Tomáš Skuhravý	1985–1993	14	43

See also

• Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team
• Slovakia national football team
• Czech Republic national football team

Titles

Preceded by 1972 West Germany

European Champions 1976 (First title)

Succeeded by 1980 West Germany